Who is worked up for 3DEXPERIENCE® World? This yr’s annual consumer occasion begins quickly and is happening within the “dwelling of Nation music,” Nashville, Tenn., February 12-15.
In final week’s weblog I launched you to a few of my mates on the SOLIDWORKS® portfolio administration workforce who will lead classes at World. This week, I’ve bought one other spherical of presenters so that you can meet and classes to contemplate. You recognize in case you continue to haven’t picked out your classes.
Learn on to get a sneak peek of their classes and a few enjoyable info in regards to the presenters. This workforce is as keen about bringing SOLIDWORKS merchandise to market as they’re about their hobbies, which embrace night time sky pictures, and dancing and biking.
Meet Priyanka Kanherkar, Product Portfolio Supervisor
Priyanka joined SOLIDWORKS in January of 2022 and is a product supervisor that works on Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKSand different cloud options.
She has a grasp’s diploma in aerospace engineering and greater than 5 years {of professional} expertise working within the design and information administration area. “I’ve been utilizing SOLIDWORKS for 5 years now and completely love the instrument,” stated Priyanka.
Priyanka is initially from Mumbai, India and is at the moment based mostly in Boston. When she just isn’t working, she enjoys cooking a wide range of cuisines, together with photographing meals. She can be a educated Indian classical dancer.
Priyanka lately found a newfound love for winter hikes and night time sky pictures. “In the course of the summer time I get pleasure from mountain climbing and tenting with my hubby and throughout the winters I totally get pleasure from night time sky pictures, particularly when the northern lights are at its peak. We even contemplate ourselves aurora chasers.”
When requested about the most effective features of her job, Priyanka shared it’s that SOLIDWORKS makes its software program out there to youngsters, inspiring them to be taught and create. “I used to be proud to be taught {that a} 10-year-old bought licensed in SOLIDWORKS.”
You’ll be able to catch Priyanka in lots of shows at World together with, “Ideas and Methods: Connecting SOLIDWORKS to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform” on Tuesday.
This session will embrace a product briefing and finest practices on Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS and how one can leverage the collaboration and information administration performance of the threeDEXPERIENCE platform. Learn the way a number of designers can collaborate, design on SOLIDWORKS, share concepts, and handle their initiatives and information on a single platform.
Her different classes embrace the next:
Collaborate With Browser-Based mostly Roles and SOLIDWORKS to Enhance Productiveness (Monday)
Ideas and Methods to Handle Your Information on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform (Monday)
5 Finest Practices to Speed up Design Collaboration (Wednesday)
High 10 Capabilities Whereas Connecting Your Information to 3DEXPERIENCE Platform (Wednesday)
Meet Salih (Sal) Alani, Senior Product Portfolio Supervisor
Sal joined SOLIDWORKS in 2013 and at the moment focuses on 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, browser-based roles and collaboration on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. He has expertise with SOLIDWORKS and DraftSight desktop options, licensing, and extra.
He has a bachelor’s diploma in mechanical engineering from the College of Expertise in Iraq, the place he’s from and a grasp’s diploma in mechanical engineering from Northeastern College in Boston. He’s at the moment based mostly within the Boston space.
Sal is fluent in Arabic and he’s a quick talker. He and his spouse simply welcomed a brand new child into their household. Congratulations! He’s on paternity depart when this weblog is being written, however possibly we are able to get an image of Sal and his household from his trip at Disney final yr in a comply with up weblog.
Phrase is Sal likes to bounce so possibly you’ll discover Sal tearing it up in Nashville on the dancefloor. Absolutely you will discover him in one in all his classes like “Past CAD for Design Acceleration,” happening on Monday of the occasion. On this session attendees will discover ways to use 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS to handle designs and collaborate on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
He’s additionally presenting the next classes:
Let’s Discover 3D Construction Creator (Monday)
Single Platform to Energy Up Groups’ Collaboration (Tuesday)
5 Finest Practices to Speed up Design Collaboration (Wednesday)
Meet Eric Leafquist, Senior Product Portfolio Supervisor
Eric joined the SOLIDWORKS workforce in 2000 and at the moment works on the cloud-connected position, Electrical Schematic Designer. Eric has labored in a plethora of different areas at SOLIDWORKS, together with training, routing, structure, engineering, and development (AEC) and extra. As well as, he’s been concerned in evaluations and trials of SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works options. Previous to becoming a member of SOLIDWORKS, he spent 19 years within the chemical course of trade.
Eric has a bachelor’s diploma in mechanical engineering and a Grasp of Enterprise Administration normally administration. He’s initially from the Boston space and at the moment resides in southwest Florida. When requested the place he’s from, he humorously answered in a Boston accent, “I used to park my automobile subsequent to Harvard…” like Matt Damon within the film Good Will Looking. Eric not has the Boston accent as he stated he misplaced it over time.
When Eric just isn’t working, he enjoys biking and elevating cash for most cancers analysis. He has raised greater than $1.7 million for The Erica Leafquist Fund, a fund he created at Dana Farber Most cancers Institute, which focuses on serving to increase cash for analysis and new remedies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (A.L.L.).
In 2012 when SOLIDWORKS turned 20 he was featured in a YouTube video with long-time staff and when requested what one of the best half about his job was, he stated, “seeing what the shoppers do is one of the best factor about working at SOLIDWORKS. The emotional paycheck is de facto what’s thrilling.” Quick ahead to 2023 and it’s nonetheless one of the best factor about working for the corporate, in keeping with Eric.
You’ll be able to see what else he needed to say on this YouTube video, together with how SOLIDWORKS has advanced. To get his views on SOLIDWORKS now you possibly can ask him at one in all his classes at 3DEXPERIENCE World. Eric can be main a session on Tuesday known as “Single Line Diagrams for Mechanical Engineers.” This session will cowl how one can use single line diagrams for electrical system design leveraging Electrical Schematic Designer on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
You don’t wish to miss these nice matters and fascinating folks. It’s nearly time to pack your baggage for Nashville. We stay up for seeing you there!
There’s nonetheless time to enroll or add classes. Go to www.3dexperienceworld.com.
To be taught in regards to the superb line up of visitor audio system for the overall classes take a look at this weblog: https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2023/01/what-to-expect-at-general-sessions-this-year-at-3dexperience-world-2023.html.
Mariana is keen about serving to companies and enterprise professionals to leverage the ability of know-how to carry their goals to life. In her present position, she is chargeable for go-to-market technique at SOLIDWORKS. Her previous contributions embrace know-how advertising at corporations like Intuit, Fixed Contact, and LogMeIn. Outdoors of labor, she enjoys hanging out along with her husband and two daughters, working towards yoga, and being energetic outside.
